Conveyer.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

L. O. KYLLO.

GONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED 0O'1'.29, 1906.

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is removably mounted a conveyer.

. more LORENST O. KYLLO, OF FARIBA'ULT, MINNESOTA.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April so, 1907.

Application filed October 29, 1906. Serial No. 341,000.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LORENST C. KYLLO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fari bault, in the county of Rice and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for conveyingmaterial, and particularly to such apparatus in which the conveyer isautomatically dumped, rights itself and is locked in its rightedposition.

The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus of the classdescribed, which will be efficient in operation, simple in constructionand comparatively cheap in manufacture.

In carrying out my invention, a steel cable of suitable length isfastened at each end, the end at which the dumping is to take placebeing higher than the end from which the conveyer departs or at which itis loaded. On this cable run the wheels of a truck from which issuspended a carrier-frame in which The latter is held locked in uprightposition by suitable mechanism after loadin Above the point where theload is to he dumped is mounted a tripping mechanism by which theconveyer is automatically released from the frame in which it isrotatably and removably mounted; and when so released the conveyer isdum ed toward the side on which it is the eavily loaded. After dumpingthe material of which the conveyer is constructed causes the conveyer toright itself, and it becomes automatically locked in its uprightposition. The conveyer then returns to the loading point.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the bestmode now known to me of applying that rinciple, Figure 1 is an elevationshowing t e conveyer in loaded position; Fig. 2 shows the conveyer indumped position; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line A-A ofFig. 1.

I On the cable a run the wheels I) of the trol ley c from which issuspended the carrierframe (1 the rear arm e of which is pivoted at fand is held locked in place by the engagement of fin ers g, h with eachother. The lower end 0 each of the arms 6, e is formed with an eye inwhich the trunnions 7c projecting from the rear and front of theconveyer m have a bearing. Thus, the conveyer is rotatably mounted inits carrierframe 11; and it may be removed from said frame bydisengaging the fingers g, h from each other and swinging the rear arm 0outwardly so as to free the said arm from engagement with the trunnion7:.

To lock the conveyer in upright position, a latch 11 is pivoted at 0 tothe front arm 0 and is controlled by the spring 7) which tends to forcethe toe (1 into the hole '1 formed. in the front plate 8 of the conveyerm. hen, however, the conveyerreaches the dumping point, the upper end ofthe latch it strikes against the spring 25 carried by the holder itwhich is adjustably mounted on the cable a; and the force of the blowserves to disengage the toe q of the latch n from the hole 1' againstthe tension of the spring p. 'Ilhereupon, the conveyer turns or dumpsover toward that side upon which it is the more heavily loaded (Fig. 2.)The conveyor now recedes from the holder at and rights itself, and thespring 1) forces the too 9 into the hole '2, thereby locking theconveyer in place in its carrierframe.

In the preferred form in which my inven tion is shown embodied by thedrawings, the conveyer is in the form of a wheelbarrow ,iIOVlitlOtl witha wheel 2, legs 3, handles 4 and body The handles and legs may beremoved by unscrewing them from the toes 6, after removing the brackets7; and the wheel and wheelarms 8 are also removable, thereby making itpossible to operate the device with only the conveyer body 5, as areceptacle for the material. It is obvious that the weight of the wheel,handles and legs will assist in r ghting the conveyer after it has beendumped.

I claim:

1. In a conveyer, the combination of a wheeled receptacle provided withtrunnions a carrier-frame formed with depending arms the lower end ofeach arm being formed with an eye in which engages one of said trunnionsand one of said arms being mounted free to swing, whereby saidreceptacle is mounted free to rotate in and to be readily removed fromsaid carrier-frame; a cable upon which said carrier-frame rides; lockingmeans for holding said receptacle in an upright position and means fortripping said locking means to allow said receptacle to dump.

2. In a conveyor, the combination of a allow the Wheelbarrow to dump;the legs, Wheelb arrow; a earlier-frame in which said handles and Wheelof the latter serving to aid Wheelb arrow is mounted free to rotate andto in righting the same after dumping.

be readily removed; a cable upon Which said LORENST C. KYLLO.carrier-frame rides; locking means for hold- WVitnesses: ing saidWheelbarrow in an upright position; P. A. HANSON,

and means for tripping said locking means to GEORGE W. BATOHELDER.

